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Prosecutors offer deal to pastor who defied COVID rules

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FILE - In this April 21, 2020, file photo, Tony Spell, pastor of the Life Tabernacle Church, leaves East Baton Rouge Parish jail after posting bond in Baton Rouge, La. Louisiana authorities arrested the pastor on an assault charge after he admitted that he drove his church bus toward a man who has been protesting his decision to hold mass gatherings in defiance of public health orders during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Judge refuses to toss case against defiant Louisiana pastor

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Tony Spell, pastor of the Life Tabernacle Church, walks to his church bus as he leaves East Baton Rouge Parish jail after posting bond in Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, April 21, 2020. Louisiana authorities arrested the pastor on an assault charge on Tuesday after he admitted that he drove his church bus toward a man who has been protesting his decision to hold mass gatherings in defiance of public health orders during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Pastor defies house arrest, again holds service during virus

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Pastor Tony Spell of Life Taberbacle Church in Central, La. leaves his residence behind the church Sunday, April 26, 2020, holding a Bible aloft while being escorted into the church for the service. Spell defied house arrest orders that followed an assault charge related to his decision to hold mass gatherings in defiance of public health orders during the coronavirus pandemic. (Travis Spradling/The Advocate via AP)

Tony Spell, Life Tabernacle Church pastor, defies house arrest to hold services

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The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort passes lower Manhattan on its way to docking in New York, Monday, March 30, 2020. The ship has 1,000 beds and 12 operating rooms that could be up and running within 24 hours of its arrival on Monday morning. It's expected to bolster a besieged health care system by treating non-coronavirus patients while hospitals treat people with COVID-19. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Congregants gather after services at the Life Tabernacle Church in Central, La., Sunday, March 29, 2020. Pastor Tony Spell has defied a shelter-in-place order by Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, due to the new coronavirus pandemic, and continues to hold church services with hundreds of congregants. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Churchgoers flock to hear Louisiana pastor despite virus ban

By STACEY PLAISANCE and MELINDA DESLATTE and CHEVEL JOHNSON - Associated Press

Louisiana pastor holds services despite gatherings ban

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